There are quite a few things on my calendar for the last week...I will try not to ramble on too much, though!
On Saturday Frank got my new laptop set up so I have been able to use it this week and that's been nice. The battery lasts a lot longer and it's quite a bit lighter than my old laptop. I'm still figuring out how to do some things though...like add photos!...so I will have to add photos to this post later, after Frank gets home to show me how to do that. That evening there was a stake activity for the 16+ youth. Our ward and another ward were in charge of it though and our ward had a list of things we needed to do...mainly help with set up and order and pick up some pizza. Most of our ward leaders were busy that day so Frank offered to order and pick up the pizza and I offered to help with set up. A leader from the other ward brought all the supplies for the activity and was in charge of running all the "Minute to Win It" games. Another leader from our ward was supposed to be there for the activity to help, but there was some sort of miscommunication and that leader didn't come so I ended up going back over (I left after helping with all the set up) to help with the activity. I wasn't very happy about that, since I had other things I wanted to do that evening, but thankfully I didn't have anything urgent that needed to be done and the activity turned out to be fairly fun, with about 25 youth attending.
We did not stay up to watch the BYU football game that evening since we have church at 9:00 am and Frank and I both had meetings / practices even earlier than that. When I found out the game had gone into two overtimes, I was really glad I hadn't tried to stay up. It was fun to hear about how exciting the game was and to watch the highlights later! I was very surprised to wake up to all the text messages about Erin's baby arriving early. We're glad he is doing so well in spite of being so small and that he's been able to go home already.
Frank had bishopric meeting that morning as usual and I had a song practice and then choir practice right after that. The song practice was just a quick run through because we sang in Sacrament Meeting that day. I'm glad I got to learn this song...it was really beautiful! The meeting was especially good that day...a departing missionary was speaking and all of the talks were really good. The departing missionary also participated in our song...she played the cello for part of the accompaniment. Frank had several meetings after church as well.
On Monday I had a YW presidency meeting that ended up being really long because we hadn't met in a while and the president has been gone a lot lately. We got a lot accomplished, though. We had a combined activity for all the YM and YW on Tuesday evening. We started earlier than usual because we were driving to a different location and doing an outdoor activity, and we wanted some time before it got dark. For the activity, we went to a farm owned by a couple in our stake (same place we had Girls Camp in 2021) and played hide and seek and sardines. We also had a campfire for making s'mores. It was fun and my only complaint is that my hair smelled like smoke when we got home so I had to wash it again on Wednesday morning (even though I had just washed it Tuesday morning).
I was so sorry to hear on Wednesday morning about Jeanette's daughter being killed in car accident on Monday night. I have been thinking about her and all her family all week. I just can't imagine how difficult this must be for them. I wish I could do something for them, but all I can do is pray, which I've been doing. I visited my friend Wanda on Wednesday afternoon. My friend Rebekah came with me to visit too. I trimmed Wanda's bangs for her and then we had a nice visit outside because it was a beautiful day. The time went by fast! We were surprised when we arrived at the care center where Wanda lives that we had to be tested for Covid-19. (Even though we didn't even go inside!) I've visited her before when there were more Covid cases than there are now, and didn't have to be tested. But no big deal and I got a free home Covid test because they gave each of us a 2 pack and told us we could keep the extra one.
Frank came home from work early on Wednesday and worked from home the rest of the day because they were cutting the grass again and once again...he started to get really itchy all over. So strange!! He thinks the ventilation system at his work is bringing in a lot of outside air (he didn't even go outside and he still got itchy). There was a RS activity that evening and I was planning to go but I had a headache and just felt tired so I didn't go.
I felt better by morning and I was able to go to the temple. I had an appointment to do initiatories this time and that was really nice. That whole area of the temple was remodeled and it's much nicer now. When I was done with the initiatory session, I didn't want to leave yet (it only took about 45 minutes) so I walked down to the basement to see what it's like since I hadn't been down there since the remodel (and the basement wasn't part of the open house tour). There's a really nice dining area down there but what I really enjoyed was walking all around the halls looking at all the beautiful art work. There are many new paintings all over the temple and they are all so beautiful! After I went outside, I took a lot of pictures because it was really beautiful out there too!
The rest of Thursday was really busy because I still had all the regular chores to get done but by working diligently the rest of the day I got everything done by bedtime. Today has not been as hectic. We signed up to provide cereal and juice for Seminary this morning. (They have cereal every Friday morning and we take turns providing the cereal.) The drive from Seminary to school took longer than usual because there had been a wreck and it was blocking the road we usually take but we managed to get there okay...just a bit later than usual. School got out 2 hours early today so it was a short school day. A group of youth from our ward went to the temple to do baptisms this afternoon so I got back from taking Seth to the church a little while ago. Originally, I was going to help drive but one of the dads volunteered to drive and he has a bigger car and it's always helpful to have priesthood holders along so I didn't need to go. Frank is meeting them at the temple to help too...his work isn't far from the temple so he just left work a little bit early today. I will meet Seth & Frank later at a restaurant for dinner.
I've been pretty busy this week in between everything else working on an activity for YW next week. We're going to do a scavenger hunt in downtown Frederick, so I am adapting the scavenger hunt that I did with Seth's class when he was in middle school. It's quite a bit of work but hopefully I will get it done in time. Because of that project, I haven't had a lot of time to read so I haven't made a lot of progress in the book chat book but I have read it a little bit. I also finished listening to Even the Dog Knows and it was pretty good, but I didn't love it...mostly because I thought two of the main characters wer acting pretty dumb through the whole book! I started listening to another book called The Pilgrim Hypothesis yesterday. I've already listened to two other books by the same author and they were both excellent, so I expect this one will be the same.
That brings you up to date on all of our activities. I was able to talk to Frank on the phone and he explained how to move photos onto my new laptop so I was able to add the photos and now I can get this posted.
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